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Sams' Teach Yourself Linux in 24 Hours

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This book is a vague look at Linux that answers almost no questions and is practically useless in its mission, which is to teach newbies Linux. The auther was in a hurry to publish it and as a result is vague and misleading, skims over important issues, and fluffs off everything else.

This book is ok and that's about it. It's one of those novel, get what you need fast type books like any of the dummies or idiot series books but it leaves quite a bit to be desired. The author uses commands that are not available with the version of linux on the CD. While yes the flavor of linux is easy to install. I think not telling people to turn off the plug and play portion of the bios to get certain devices on your machine to work and merely pawning this (like setting up your sound card)off to other companies almost insulting. So instead of giving you solid answers to the troublsum setup questions it avoids them completly. Mr. Ball has allot of improvmets he can make to this book. But overall its ok and thats about it.

Recently I purchased Sams' Teach Yourself Linux in 24 hours starter kit and found it to be a good introduction to Linux but more emphasis should be placed on the Installation of Redhat. For example if linux doesn't recognize your cdrom there is no explanation on how to install linux by FTP, the harddrive or NFS. Also some of the programs in the book do not work at all or properly. When I installed the xspread program some of the libraries were missing. The chapter on System Admistration is a good introduction to admistrating your system but more emphasis should be placed on using the control panel as well as formating diskettes in linux. In conclusion I think that this book is an excellent introduction to Linux but more exphsis should be placed on explaning the topics in greater detail.

I used the cd to install Red Hat 5.0 and followed the step by step instructions in the book. I now have Linux up and running on a dual boot machine with no problems. The installation was straight forward, but I feel that had problems occured the book wouldn't have had enough detail to help me overcome them. An easy to read book that doesn't go into any real depth, but can get a new user up and running relatively quickly.

this book doesn't even follow what happens on your computer as you install linux when I did get it installed half of the commands listed didn't work this is for beginners? I think Mr. Ball should test his steps out before guiding others on an installation

"Sams' Teach Yourself Linux in 24 Hours" is a text designed to help new users conquer the question, "O.K., I have a login prompt, now what do I do?"

Specifically, it helps a new user tackle the greatest hits of any operating system worth it's salt: connecting to the Internet, text processing, graphics processing, working with spreadsheets, e.t.c.

The book also includes extra areas of coverage such as programming tools and specialized apps such as GNUplot and scheduling.

When I was new to Linux, I remember reading the sections in this book and thinking "Yeah, that's exactly what I want to do."

In short, the author hits his mark of taking basic computing tasks and presenting them in a "canned" format-allowing the user to focus on getting the most out of his new O.S.

I found this book in a cube cleanup and decided to give it a skim.

It is very dated now and I see why the person abandoned it. To give you an idea as to the age of the information; the cd is Redhat 5, the book talks about X11 window manager, using mosaic and linx, the 9600.

Overall it's ok for beginning basic commands, etc. However, you can find this information online or in newer books.

I wasn't happy with this book. I read it a while ago and you'd be better off spending the time just playing with linux instead of reading this dated book. :/

"Teach Yourself Linux in 24 hours" isn't the best Linux book on the market,but it's pretty darn good.I diligently completed each of the 24 lessons and feel it paid off well enough to justify the cost.However,the book is outdated.

This book is good for installing. Intalling is easy then it went to the point that I can't Understand. I also found out from another book that my modem don't work with linux.